Proud Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 13
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 24
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 61
Derbyshire 15
Devon 16
Dorset 1
Durham 739
Essex 29
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 15
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 39
Isle of Man 0
Kent 24
Lancashire 91
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 7
London 108
Middlesex 34
Northumberland 161
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 39
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 2
Surrey 23
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 55
Warwickshire 58
Westmorland 13
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 222

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Proud Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Proud family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 22
Coal Miner Hewer 21
Dress Maker 19
General Servant Domestic 15
Living On Own Means 14
Farmer 13
Domestic Servant 8
Cotton Weaver 7
Servant Domestic 7
Limestone Quarryman 7
Agricultural Labourer 6
House Keeper 6
Coal Miner 6
Coal Hewer 6
Cook Domestic 5
Iron Moulder 5
Scholar 5
Coal C Hewer 5
Coal Miner (coal Hewer) 5
Clerk 4
Engineer 4
Housemaid Domestic 4
Charwoman 4
School 4
Coal Miner Coal Hewer 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Proud

Name Census Frequency
John Proud 938
Mary Proud 890
William Proud 754
Elizabeth Proud 628
Thomas Proud 592
Jane Proud 437
George Proud 403
Joseph Proud 367
Margaret Proud 353
Sarah Proud 315
Ann Proud 300
James Proud 294
Robert Proud 242
Henry Proud 176
Hannah Proud 161
Isabella Proud 137
Charles Proud 126
Annie Proud 124
Edward Proud 118
Richard Proud 110
Alice Proud 108
Eliza Proud 97
Emily Proud 74
Emma Proud 73
Arthur Proud 72

Proud Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Proud 100% 11,334
2 Pardoe 33% 10,251
3 Pride 40% 4,290
4 Purdue 50% 2,233
5 Peard 40% 2,033
6 Purdie 33% 1,489
7 Perdue 50% 1,067
8 Praed 60% 572
9 Pardo 20% 212
10 Pridie 33% 193
11 Proude 83% 177
12 Pard 40% 156
13 Prid 60% 144
14 Pardue 50% 133
15 Preed 60% 131
16 Prude 60% 128
17 Pord 60% 121
18 Prideau 29% 111
19 Parodi 50% 107

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The surname Proud is the most popular version of all its varients

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